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Onggi Korean Cuisine

Restaurant Korean restaurant

👍👍 Love this place. Spent some time in Korea and the meals here really take me back. Staff are lovely and food is great, comes out in good time and really high quality. Honestly you can't get a better Korean for the price in the country! Just get a selection of dishes and tuck on. Tteokbokki, Japchae a... People often mention Korean, time, great, cash, restaurant, worth, good,


Address

98 Welford Rd, Leicester LE2 7AB, United Kingdom

Contact

+44 116 224 5851

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (174 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 5 to 8:30 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 5 to 7:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 5 to 8:30 pm
  • Thursday: 5 to 8:30 pm
  • Friday: 5 to 8:30 pm

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  • 5/5 Steven Mather S. 4 years ago on Google
    Delicious authentic Korean food. Well I say authentic, I've no idea really whether it is or isn't, but it's like this; imagine your mum or auntie was Korean, and you wanted. Some nice warming spicy Korean food. Well you'd go to Onggi. The staff are friendly and speak perfect English. The menu is varied with plenty of choice. The TV screens show pictures of food which helps you decide to order everything and have a feast! There are only two downsides: its cash only, so get some out before you go, and; no alcohol is served. Would love to try some Korean beer!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Lauren A. 5 years ago on Google
    My partner and I tried to go to Onggi several times, but each time the queue was right out the door. When we did get in, it was easy to understand why it was so busy. The food is absolutely incredible and there is such a variety of it. It isn’t a big place, so therefore struggles to meet demands. Service can sometimes be slow but the food is definitely worth it. They don’t accept card payments yet (Jan 2019)
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Luke H. 4 years ago on Google
    Love this place. Spent some time in Korea and the meals here really take me back. Staff are lovely and food is great, comes out in good time and really high quality. Honestly you can't get a better Korean for the price in the country! Just get a selection of dishes and tuck on. Tteokbokki, Japchae and Kimchjeon are great starters to share, while the Dolsotbulgogi bibimbap and kimchi jiggae are great mains. Honestly though I've had many of the main meals and not been disappointed by any! My only suggestion is to get a drinks license and serve some soju!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 S K. 2 years ago on Google
    Absolutely delicious food. I have tried a few dishes in South Korea and this place matched it. Will definitely go back to try more.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Shannon S. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent food, a really unique restaurant experience that you can't get elsewhere in Leicester. Fantastic flavours. The only downside is that service can be a little slow, 40 min or so the last time we ordered. And it's cash only at the time being.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Raashi P. 6 months ago on Google
    Best Korean Food in town! Been there so many times and I’ve loved it EVERY SINGLE TIME! Love their cheesy tteokbokki
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 TravelLing K. 1 year ago on Google
    Unassuming and by far the best Korean food I've had in the UK. Service was fast despite only having one server. Think he adopted the "ppalli ppalli" Korean work culture 😂 would definitely recommend and return. Only one small downside is that there may be waiting times due to small restaurant capacity, but this time we were lucky we didn't have to. Pay by either cash or bank transfer.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Wendiddd 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely amazing food. Very authentic Korean food. A must try restaurant. The only downside is waiting time as there was only 1 waiter trying to serve 7 or 8 tables. But I can stand it as the food was amazing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Yolanda P. 1 year ago on Google
    Such great food ! It's a small place and food Is cooked on the spot so it can take a while but so worth it ! Definitely recommend if you enjoy Korean food
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shashi M. 1 year ago on Google
    The food is very authentic Korean food and definitely the delicious Korean cuisine I have ever eaten. I already went there so many times and will definitely be going there again if I crave some Korean food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dan D. 1 year ago on Google
    The meal was freshly prepared, the restaurant very clean, the service polite and the food very tasty. However the payment method was cash or bank transfer only luckily my friend brought cash with her. Free condiments of pickled lemon and seaweed were brought out first with the very large pot of tea. Oh I tried rice tea for the first time and it complimented the meal perfectly. The food came out sizzling be careful when delving to the bottom of the bowl the food is extremely hot 🔥 my spicy beef soup tasted great lots of veg but lacked beef! There were only a few mouthfuls . Normally in Asian soups they pack the soup with meat. So this was a little disappointing as i was hungry. But overall the food was filling and tasted great!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jaleel “Jay J” H. 5 years ago on Google
    I had so many people raving out Onggi but for a good year I never could find the time to try it. And finally I have - and oh was it worth the wait. This is by far the best Korean food experience I've had. Not only were the staff wonderful and had great hospitality, but the food was to die for. I got full a good 3/4 into my food but I powered through because it was so good. My boyfriend ordered two mains, destroyed him visibly but he too agreed it was worth it. I will be coming again, and again, and again!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rakesh P. 2 years ago on Google
    Had a really great meal here. Loved the chicken wings, everything is so tasty.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Victoria E. 1 year ago on Google
    Four of us went, me for the first time trying Korean food and We were not disappointed! The service here is excellent, everyone is so friendly, the food came out quite quickly and tasted fresh and delicious, definitely recommend this place! A hidden Gem 💎 the atmosphere is good with varied cutlery, nothing was too much trouble. Definitely get the cheesy tteobokki!

  • 5/5 Cloe T. 1 year ago on Google
    Went here with family and it was Absolutely beautiful food. Proper Korean cuisine and the service was amazing, cash only but definitely worth taking two minutes out to get money out. I’m happy with my full belly :)))))

  • 5/5 Ren E. 1 year ago on Google
    Best Korean food I've had and hats off to the chefs they nailed it! I can't wait to go back! I'm hoping to find a table tonight! Such great food, nice vibe and worth the visit

  • 3/5 k “krux672” b. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was decent but you can only pay cash. This is more like cheap eat venue turned into restaurant. They charge restaurant prices but no restaurant vibes. It was freezing in there even with my coat on. I won't go back again in winter. I had high hope for it but was very disappointed mostly cause of how cold it was.

  • 5/5 Sing L. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious food, lovely space. Really like the beef with rice.

  • 3/5 杰人 11 months ago on Google
    since me and my friend can only consume halal food and this restaurant isn’t, we did what we usually do and decided to order vegetarian dishes. it only occurred to us after ordering that vegetarian dish means “has vegetarian option” and you must specify it to the waiter when you’re ordering. so we panicked and told her, with apologies after every word we say, that we didn’t notice this nuance and if it’s possible for her to change it to veg option or do anything about it. the response we got was her angry expression, loud voice and a stern “you will pay for it, you shouldve asked me before ordering. why didn’t you ask me?” ?? 😭 i know it’s our negligence that we didn’t check the menu carefully but she could’ve used 100 DIFFERENT WAYS of communicating it to us kindly. and even during checkout she was always blunt and acted like we don’t exist, no matter how good the food is honestly stuff like this really puts the customer off and causes a terrible impression

  • 5/5 Claire Greatorex (. 8 months ago on Google
    Absolutely divine. Food was really great. First time in here and I was impressed. Every thing is freshly made, so a little wait but we'll worth it. Will be going again, as everything sounds and smells amazing. Only slight downside is that it's cash or bank transfer only and the place is quite small but cozy with friendly staff.

  • 3/5 Sharon n. 6 months ago on Google
    It’s my first time to be here for dinner. Honestly, the food was okay. We ordered a seafood pancake which I could only find few pieces of shrimp but lots of spring onion. We ordered a ojingeo deopbap and beef bibimbap. I found it was quite spicy and quite a lot of onion, leek and cabbages but not squid or beef. Also, they accept cash or bank transactions. The lady there is nice and welcoming to us.

  • 5/5 Molly W. 2 years ago on Google
    Best Korean food I have had, very authentic and staff very kind and helpful, also free side dishes/pickles! Defo going again 🍣🍱🥟🍜🇰🇷


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Cash only
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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